What is recorded here

Lia Fail stands one metre fifty-five tall beside a passage tomb in County Meath, its rounded top waiting for hands that have forgotten how to leave. It is not a monument to pride or a marker for tourists; it is a living edge where the ordinary world thins into remembering. Touch it and the boundary between human time and earth time collapses. Forget it and the whole chamber becomes a dead room.

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Now situated in centre of barrow (ME031-033010-), but originally beside passage-tomb (ME031-033007-). H 1.55m, 0.4m by 0.35m with rounded top. (Macalister 1931, 29-31)

Lia Fail, Castleboy is likely associated with the Bronze Age and may have functioned as a ritual or territorial marker. The name "Lia Fail," meaning "Stone of Destiny," suggests a possible connection to later Irish tradition, though its original prehistoric meaning or use remains uncertain.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.